Patents by Inventor Charles D. McKittrick

Charles D. McKittrick has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Center high mounted stop lamp including leds and tir lens
    Patent number: 7374322
    Abstract: A center high mounted stop lamp (12) including a plurality of LEDs (34) mounted on a printed circuit board (30). TIR lenses (40) are employed to focus the light from the LEDs (34) to give an even lighting appearance. The TIR lenses (40) include a prism (44) for directing the light in a desired direction. The circuit board (30) and lenses (40) are mounted in a housing (18) so that each LED (34) includes a separate lens (40) configured relative thereto to provide the desired collection and reflectance of the light. The housing (18) includes a plurality of posts (70) that extend through openings (48, 50) in the circuit board (30) and the lenses (40) to align the LEDs (34) to the lenses (40) relative to the housing (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Inventors: Ronald L. Steen, Kyle P Lucas, Richard A. Dymond, Charles D. McKittrick